Motorcyclist dies after crash

Published: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 9:53 p.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 10:36 a.m.

A motorcyclist who struck an SUV along Howard Avenue in Houma Saturday died Tuesday night, police said.

Glynn Mangum, 33, of Houma, was taken off life support and died from his injuries at West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, Houma Police said.

Mangum was riding a 2007 Kawasaki ZX-14 north at high speed about 11:45 p.m. Friday when he struck the driver’s side of a Ford Expedition that was backing into a parking lot in the 100 block of Howard Avenue, police said. Officers found Mangum injured and learned the SUV’s driver had fled.

The SUV driver, Brian Keith Ross, 35, of 1004 Clay St., turned himself in about 3 a.m. Saturday after investigators found his damaged SUV outside a home in the Senator Circle area, police said. Ross was charged with felony hit-and-run, improper backing and no driver’s license.

<p>A motorcyclist who struck an SUV along Howard Avenue in Houma Saturday died Tuesday night, police said.</p><p>Glynn Mangum, 33, of Houma, was taken off life support and died from his injuries at West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, Houma Police said.</p><p>Mangum was riding a 2007 Kawasaki ZX-14 north at high speed about 11:45 p.m. Friday when he struck the driver's side of a Ford Expedition that was backing into a parking lot in the 100 block of Howard Avenue, police said. Officers found Mangum injured and learned the SUV's driver had fled.</p><p>The SUV driver, Brian Keith Ross, 35, of 1004 Clay St., turned himself in about 3 a.m. Saturday after investigators found his damaged SUV outside a home in the Senator Circle area, police said. Ross was charged with felony hit-and-run, improper backing and no driver's license.</p>